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News / europe

Love songs beamed across Bristol for Valentine’s Day

Voices of ordinary people from across the continent will be broadcast

News / bristol energy

Mayor and councillors agree changes to prevent another Bristol Energy

Mayor and councillors did seem to play a 'blame game', however

News / Bristol Waste

Hartcliffe to get a big tidy over the spring months

More than 900 streets across the city have been deep cleaned so far

News / St Werburghs

Planners approve depot on ‘dangerously narrow’ primary school route

It's despite objections from dozens of neighbours and ward members

News / Racial inequality

Talking reparatory justice with Bristol institutions

An atonement and reparations motion is going to full council

News / Bristol Walk Fest

Bristol Walk Fest to return in 2021

The city’s annual walking festival didn’t take place last year

News / Bristol Energy Cooperative

Funding secured for Bristol’s first hydro-electric generator

There are also plans to install the UK’s first net-zero domestic microgrid

News / parks

Bristol’s parks set for pay-to-use services and social prescribing to secure their future

It is the result of nearly two years’ work

News / Politics

Bristol West MP slams government’s response to cladding scandal

Government promises £3.5bn to tackle cladding on buildings over 18 metres

News / Tech Inclusion

New council scheme will tackle the digital divide

If the pilot is successful, 3,600 laptops will be recycled and distributed throughout the city

News / Lawrence Weston

Plans to demolish pub and build seven houses rejected at appeal

Development would result in the total loss of a locally listed building

News / portishead

Rainbow crossing could be introduced in Portishead

More than 500 people have signed a petition

News / Horfield

Council contractors stopped from turning grass into car parking spaces

Bristol City Council has apologised

News / coronavirus

Libraries to act as hubs for ‘collect & drop’ Covid tests

The programme will run for two weeks

News / Cheltenham Road

Cheltenham Road Tesco granted alcohol licence for first time

But there are limitations

News / The University of Bristol

Turning internet searches into trees at Bristol University

The university has switched to using Ecosia

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